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Cruise Bruise News Wednesday Wow – March 18, 2020 – First thing first, for those of you who are not aware, we are in Seattle. Gary and I are are “sheltering in place” and are […]
Cruise Bruise News Wednesday Wow – March 11, 2020 – Seattle Washington University Begins Free Covid-19 Testing (see video below) The coronavirus test works best when taken within three to four days of when symptoms […]
Cruise Bruise News Wednesday Wow – March 3, 2020 MSC Meraviglia Returns To Port After Security Pepper-Sprays Passengers (see video below) A brawl erupted on MSC Meraviglia which had been denied permission to dock in […]
Cruise Bruise News Wednesday Wow – February 26, 2020 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Issues New Warning (see video below) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday there […]
Cruise Bruise News Wednesday Wow – Premier Edition If you think federal government Japanese detention centers are a thing of the past, think again. The federal government is detaining cruise ship passengers returning from cruises […]
Passengers Held Aboard Cruise Ships Infected With COVID-19 Virus (see video below) – Chinese health officials said Wednesday the death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 1,113. It stood at 1,016 on Tuesday. Officials […]
Cruise Lines Cancel Sailings Protecting Passengers Wuhan Coronavirus (see video below) – Royal Caribbean, Costa Cruises, Dream Cruises, MSC Cruises and Astro Ocean cruises have canceled sailings out of China as fears grow about the […]
Princess Cruises Brings Relief For Australia Bush Fire Victims (see video below) – Record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought have fuelled a series of massive bushfires across Australia. Princess Cruises ship Sun Princess was […]
California Actress Alleges Emerald Princess Bed Bugs Had Cruise Buffet – Actress Connie Marie Flores and Alvin Flores were sailing aboard Princess Cruises ship Emerald Princess between November 29 and December 4, 2018, when they […]
Venice Bans Large Cruise Ships Beginning April 2020 (see video below) – Venice will ban large cruise ships from entering its historic center from April 2020, in a desperate attempt to save the ancient city’s […]
USA Customs Border Protection Trusted Traveler Programs (see video below ) – With the holidays arriving in the next couple of months, now is the time to enroll in the Trusted Traveler Programs offered by the […]
Real ID Compliant Identification Required For 2019-2020 Cruises – Beginning October 1, 2020, travelers boarding domestic commercial flights, entering a military base, or using their ID for other federal purposes will need to present a […]
Caribbean Island Martinique Changes Citizenship Proof (see video below)Requirement – Over the weekend Carnival Cruise Line passengers were alerted to a change in requirements for cruise ship passengers arriving on the Caribbean Island of Martinique, […]
Hurtigruten Cruise Ship MS Spitsbergen Denied Russia Entry -Hurtigruten Cruise Line ship MS Spitsbergen was supposed to depart on September 12, 2019, for a 15-day cruise from Norway to Franz Josef Land in Russia. The planned […]
Carnival Ecstasy Bahamas Excursion Bus Crash Dozens Injured – On Monday, June 24, 2019, around 11:00 in the morning, a Carnival Cruise Lines cruise ship Carnival Ecstasy excursion tour bus driven by Bahamas local Walter Pinder, […]
Norwegian Breakaway Captain Orders Passenger Removal – Robert and Esther Gaines, from Miami, Florida claimed the incident occurred towards the beginning of a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise aboard Norwegian Breakaway in May this year, sailing from […]
Viking Cruises First Class Action Lawsuit Alleges ADA Violation – Disabled senior Marcia Wachhaus, from Lake Wales, Florida, has the first class action lawsuit against Viking Cruises after she alleges her mobility scooter was seized […]
FFreewinds Passengers Denied Saint Lucia Port Call After Measles – On Tuesday April 30, 2019, Church of Scientology (see video below) passengers aboard the privately owned cruise ship Freewinds who docked at the volcanic island of Saint […]
Carnival Corp Ends Cruise Ship Calls Antigua and Barbuda (see video below) – On March 12, 2019, Nathan Dundas, who is the President of the Antigua and Barbuda Cruise Tourism Association (ABCTA), says the island could lose […]
State Department Travel Advisories Bahamas Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda – On January 10 2019 and January 15, 2019, the U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory for Antigua and Barbuda as well as for Antarctica. Oddly, the […]
Allure of the Seas Jersey Passengers Abandoned Costa Maya Mexico – On Thursday, January 10, 2019, Carol Palk, 79, who is a Weichert Real estate agent from Whippany, New Jersey, and her husband Bertram “Buzz” Palk […]
Cruise Medicare Couple Stranded Nassau Bahamas Gofundme – Michelle Manuel and Rose Johnson from Irvine, Kentucky are both disabled and would not have been able to afford a cruise by themselves, they say. However, friends […]
Symphony of the Seas Leaves Passengers Nassau Bahamas Dock (see video below) – On Friday, February 15, 2019, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship Symphony of the Seas, left two passengers at the dock, who were […]
Grand Classica Denied Entry Cuban Constitutional Referendum – On Friday. February 15, 2019, Celebration Cruise ship Grand Classica was denied entry in the port of Havana, Cuba. As we discovered, the 2019 Cuban Constitutional Referendum on February 24, […]
Havana Cuba Norwegian Sky Passengers Left High-Dry – On Wednesday, April 25, 2018, Norwegian Cruise Lines had changed the scheduled departure time at Havana from 5:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Passengers were notified of the […]
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